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Is father a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word father is a Scrabble US word. The word father is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

F4A1T1H4E1R1

Is father a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word father is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

F4A1T1H4E1R1

Is father a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word father is a Words With Friends word. The word father is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4A1T1H3E1R1

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6-letter words (3 found)

FATHER,HAFTER,TREFAH,

5-letter words (9 found)

AFTER,EARTH,FEART,FRATE,HATER,HEART,RATHE,THRAE,TREFA,

4-letter words (32 found)

ARET,EATH,FARE,FART,FATE,FEAR,FEAT,FETA,FRAE,FRAT,FRET,HAET,HAFT,HARE,HART,HATE,HEAR,HEAT,HEFT,RAFT,RATE,RATH,REFT,RHEA,TAHR,TARE,TEAR,TEHR,TERF,THAE,THAR,TREF,

3-letter words (34 found)

AFT,ARE,ARF,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EFT,ERA,ERF,ETA,ETH,FAE,FAH,FAR,FAT,FEH,FER,FET,FRA,HAE,HAT,HER,HET,RAH,RAT,REF,REH,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEF,THE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AR,AT,EA,EF,EH,ER,ET,FA,FE,HA,HE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from father according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of father

father

Etymology

    From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Doublet of ayr, faeder, padre, pater, and père.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fä'thə(r), IPA(key): /ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/
    • (General American) enPR: fä'thər, IPA(key): /ˈfɑðɚ/
    • (General Australian) enPR: fä'thə, IPA(key): /ˈfɐːðə/
    • (Ireland, Canada, California, Western Pennsylvania, older New York City) enPR: fä'thə, IPA(key): /ˈfɒːðɚ/
    • (Indian) enPR: făthə(r) IPA(key): /ˈfɑːd̪ə(r)/
    • (Geordie) enPR: făthə IPA(key): /ˈfæðə/
    • (obsolete) enPR: făthər, fāthər, IPA(key): /ˈfæðəɹ/, /ˈfeɪðəɹ/
    • Homophone: farther (in non-rhotic accents)
    • Hyphenation: fa‧ther
    • Rhymes: -ɑːðə(ɹ)

    Noun

    father (plural fathers)

    1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
    2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
    3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
    4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
    5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
    6. A pioneering figure in a particular field.
    7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
    8. Something inanimate that begets.
    9. (Christianity) A member of a church council.
    10. (computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.

    Synonyms

    • (parent): see Thesaurus:father
    • (most significant thing): see mother and granddaddy

    Antonyms

    • (with regards to gender) mother
    • (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, child

    Hypernyms

    • (a male parent): parent

    Derived terms

    Related terms

    • Father
    • Jupiter
    • paternal

    Translations

    Verb

    father (third-person singular simple present fathers, present participle fathering, simple past and past participle fathered)

    1. To be a father to; to sire.
    2. (figuratively) To give rise to.
    3. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
    4. To provide with a father.
    5. To adopt as one's own.

    Translations

    See also

    • beget
    • grandpa
    • pater
    • paternal
    • sire

    References

    Anagrams

    • afther, fareth, hafter, trefah

    Middle English

    Noun

    father

    1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of fader

    Source: wiktionary.org